[NFBMD] Co-Sponsors Needed for Federal Legislation to Eliminate Subminimum Wages for Persons with Disabilities

[Sharon Maneki]

Greetings Everyone,

We need your help during this busy season to make progress on eliminating
the subminimum wage for persons with disabilities. Please contact Senator
Chris Van Hollen and Senator Ben Cardin as well as your individual
congressman in the House. Remind Senator Van Hollen that he co-sponsored
this legislation in the past. Read President Riccobono's note below. Thank
you.


*Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act Introduced in US
Senate:*

On Thursday, November 18, Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Steve Daines
(R-MT) introduced
the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act in the Senate
<https://nfb.org/about-us/press-room/national-federation-blind-applauds-introduction-transformation-competitive-0>
(S. 3238). Sheila Leigland, an active NFB member from Montana and a
constituent of Senator Daines, is featured in a video promoting the
legislation on Senator Daines’s official Senate website
<https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/videos/watch/sen-daines-bipartisan-bill-is-a-game-changer-for-disabled-community>.
Please contact your senators and urge them to cosponsor S. 3238, and
contact your representative to urge them to cosponsor the House companion,
H.R. 2373.


*Sharon Maneki, Director of Legislation and Advocacy*
National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
410-715-9596

The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is
not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday we raise
the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.
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